Chie Hayakawa (Japanese: 早川千絵; born 20 August, 1976; Tokyo) is a Japanese filmmaker. Born in Tokyo and studied photography at School of Visual Arts in New York City. Her short films “Identify This Girl” (2000) and “Photography of Zero” (2003) were included in the exhibition at SVA Gallery in NY. “What you are holding is not an apple” (2000) and “Vajra/Vajra” (2001) were selected in International Festival of Cinema and Technology for two consecutive years and shown in Los Angels, London, and Toronto.
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Biography from TMDB.
- August 20, 1976 (50)
- Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
- Director, writer and editor
- 3 on MovieCove · 6 credits in all
Known for
What are Chie Hayakawa's films like?
Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
Light 0 · Serious 0 · Dark 3
A split, not a type: Grounded 2 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 3 · Intense 0
Steady 2 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0
Casual 1 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 2
Resolved 2 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Chie Hayakawa's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 1 of their 3 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Chie Hayakawa's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
6 credits, 3 with a MovieCove page.
Renoir(2025)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
Plan 75(2022)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Ten Years Japan(2018)
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all filmsMay in the Winter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Niagara (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Vajra/Vajra (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Career shape
A full career of 6 titles from 2001 to 2025.
How do Chie Hayakawa's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 61st percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 66th percentile for acclaim.
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th1
Shape of the crowd
2 of their 3 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Crowd Pleaser2
- Mixed1
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Chie Hayakawa work with?
People who share at least 2 of Chie Hayakawa's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jason Gray shares the most, 3.
Writers
- Jason GrayShared titles: Renoir (2025), Plan 75 (2022), Ten Years Japan (2018)See all 3 shared titles with Jason Gray
Actors
- Yumi KawaiShared titles: Renoir (2025), Plan 75 (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Yumi Kawai
- Motomi MakiguchiShared titles: Plan 75 (2022), Ten Years Japan (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Motomi Makiguchi
Cinematographers
- Hideho UrataShared titles: Renoir (2025), Plan 75 (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Hideho Urata
Producers
- Eiko Mizuno GrayShared titles: Renoir (2025), Plan 75 (2022), Ten Years Japan (2018)See all 3 shared titles with Eiko Mizuno Gray